Crimea has declared a state of emergency after its main electricity lines from Ukraine were blown up, leaving more than 1.6 million people on the disputed Russian-annexed peninsula in darkness after the second such attack in as many days.
It was not immediately clear who had blown up the pylons, but a Russian lawmaker said it was an “act of terrorism” and implied Ukrainian nationalists were to blame.
Two transmission towers in Ukraine were damaged by explosions early Sunday and another two on Friday, the Russian Energy Ministry said.
By late Sunday electricity supplies had been restored to more than a quarter of …read more
Source: Voice of America
